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W. G. PEELY.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1912.

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. INVEIWTOR William C "Womb-m Patented May 6 ronies.

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INVihLID-BTEll specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lllay 6, 1%13.

,, :llpplioation filed June 29, 191.2. Berisl No. 70845114.

' To all whom it may concern ll Manhattan, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved InValid-Bed, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates more par- Lid ticularly to improvements inastructure of like character for which Letters Patent of the UnitedStates were granted to me, to which Letters Patent cross reference ishere made, said patents bearing numbers and dates as follows: 713,416,November 11, 1902; 730,010, June 2, 1903; 787,162, April 11, 1905; and892,817,.1111 7, race.

Among the. principal objects which the present invention has in Vieware; to pro vide a bed structure of the character mentioned, which maybe disassembled or knocked down for storage or handling; to provide amore simple and econi'nnical coi1- struction; to provide means forelevating the body of a patient, or partsgtherec f, to vary the positionof the patient;'to provide means ior suspending the patient above thebed proper, to facilitate the changing of the bed furnishings; and toprovide an im proved commode-supporting means for operating the same.

Reference, is to be had to the accompanying drawings. forming a part ofthis spool-- fication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts" in all the views, and in which Figure l is a. sideview of a bed and auxiliary supporting frame therefor, constructed andarranged in conformity with the present invention, the dotted linesbeing employed to show a modified position or the auxiliary supportingFume; Fig. :2 is a plan View oi' a bedstead and auxiliary supportingframe therefor, both constructed and arranged in accordance with thepres.- ent invention; Fig. 3 is a cross section of the bedstead taken onthe line 3--3 in Fig. 2, showing the traveling commodesupport employedin cpnnection with the bed; F l is a detail view in perspective, showingthe extension frame of? the bedstead and detachable iooh'ooard,therefor; Fig. 5 is a detail View, onan enlarged scale, showing aratchetemployed to hold in adjusted position the suspension frame; and Fig. 6is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, showing means for connecting anduniting the side bars of the suspension frame.

The nature and purpose of beds constructedin accordance with the variouspatents abovementioned, and in accordance with the present disclosure,are subsequently set :lorth in said patents.

In the present invention, the main bed frame is provided with side bars1.1, which, as seen best in Fig. 3 of the drawings, are constructed ofangle-iron, and the vertical flange whereof is disposed outwardly fromthe center of the bedstead. The side bars 11 are provided with socketblocks -12, having each verticallyarranged key "heads 13, which fit insockets furnished in the blocks 14- rigidly sec red to uprights 15 ofahead 16, and legs 11 forming the foot of the fixed bed structure, andhaving socket blocks 1d,

seen best in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The

fixed frame may be separated or knocked down by removing the bars 11,lifting for that purpose the blocks 12 from the socket blocks 14: and18, much in the same mannor as is employed in the knocking down of theordinary bedstead. hen assembled, the fixed structure is provided with aresilient spring); plate 19, perforated as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, to air the mattress 20 when disposed thereon, and to augmentthe resiliency of the plate. The plate 19 is constructed to measurejust one-half the length of the fixed bed structure, and is arranged toregister with a second plate 21, which is mounted upon a traveling orextension frame supported by what may be styled the foot end of thefixed bedstead.

A mattress section the duplicate of that designated in Fig. 1 by thenumeral 20, is provided for the plate 21, to form with the said mattress20 a complete mattress for the bed. In furnishing a bed of the chapacl'er herein described, each of the mattresses 20 is separately dressedto permit theplates 19 and .21 and mattressuss supported thereon to beseparated, to permit access to thef commode 22.

The traveling frame on which is supporl ed the plate 2.1 is shown bestin Fig. lof the drawings, where, as shown, angle-iron sections 23 areprovided with straight bar extensions 24, parallel with the verticalextension of the angledron forming the see- LUdLldh relative to the bedstructure, and this by manipulating the supporting and extension frames,engaging for that purposethe crank 54. It will be seen that when, bymeans of the ,crank 5d, the frame resting on the rollers 60 isthrustaway from the side of the bed Where the said crank protrudes, saidframe and parts connected therewith are moved to the opposite side ofsaid bed; and vice versa, when the crank 54 is drawn upon, the frainemounted on the rollers 60 lihd parts connected therewith, inclusive ofthe commode, is moved toward the inner side of the bed. When the commodeis laterally adjusted, then, by turning the crank 54, employing for thatpurpose the crank handle'55, the arm 53 and link 51 are disposed toextend or retract the side bars 49 and legs 86 con nected therewith, sothat the commode is adjusted longitudinally relative to thebed. It hasbeen explained how, when the commode is adjusted in the proper position,the cabinet 34 and parts connected therewith may be lifted through theopening in the bed structure provided by moving the extension framecarrying the plate 21.

The supporting frame above referred to is employed for various purposes.Primarily, the purpose'is to exercise the patient by disposing him invarious attitudes, and thereby rest the otherwise constrained or tiredmuscles. Also, it has been found that sanitary results are obtained whena patient is moved in a sick-bed for the purpose of establishing bygravity an induced flow of blood either to the head, feet, orvcentralportion of the body;

The frame is constructed in two sections, one operatively connected withthe extension frame above referred to, and the other op erativelyconnected with the fixed frame above referred to. The frame section 62is pivoted by means of a link 63 and pivot pins 6% and 65 with the head16. The section 62 is connected with a section cc by'means of slidingbars 67. The bars 67 are each provided with a series of perforations 68,which register with a perforation 69 formed adjacent thelow'er ends ofthe frame section 62., Suitable pins are inserted throughthe.perforations (S9 and 68, and thereby the extension of the bar 67 isregulated. The bars 67 are of a length sufiicient to accommodate anydesired separation of the frames 62 and 66 to accommodate or correspondwith the-separation'of the fixed and movable portions of the bed frame.Each of the sections 62 and 66 in covered or'connccted by a canvas orcovering; 70. The coveidng 70 is normally central in dimensions to theplates l9 and and the mattresses 20 mounted thereon. When the sections62 and 66 are laid prone, the canvas 70 rests upon the mattress, and 1fdesired,

65 may-be dressed as a portion of the bed, prior to installing thepatient. In this position, it will be understood, when the extensionframe carrying the plate 21 is moved to separate said .plate from theplate 19, the pin being previously withdrawn from the perforations G8and (59, the frame sections (32 and 66 also separate at the median poi"tion of the bed, the bars 67 sliding in the frame section (52 for thatpurpose. lhe patient may now be lifted by elevating the frame section 62to an approximately upright sitting position. l? or this purpose, ashaft is extended between the uprights 15 of the head 16, to which shaftis rigidly se curcd arms 71.

Pivotally connecting the free ends of the arms 71 with the frame 62 is alink bar 72, best seen in big. it of the drawings. The shaft abovereferred to is provided with a square wrench end 73 and a ratchet wheel'74 fixedly mounted thereon. The teeth ofthe ratchet wheel 74 areengaged by a pawl mounted ona pivot 75 and having a head 76 and a handle77. it will be seen that when a proper wrench is applied to the end 78,by which. the two sections are pivotally connected.

When the suspension frame is employed as an exerciser, the bars '67 areextended within the section 62, and the bed sections are ciosed. Forthis purpose, it will be seen that, according to the elevation of eitherof the sections (32 or 66, the portion of the "body of the patientresting thereon is elevated. If both frame sections be elevated, eachswinging-"about the pins 78, both parts oftbe body of the patient willbe raised. By repeating this action more or less slowly, it will be seenthat the patient will be exercised in a very gentle manner.

If it be desired to unite rigidly the frame sections and 66, saidsections are alined, so that the sliding tube 79 may be inoved toinclose both the frame sections 62 and 66, as shown in Fig. 6 of the.drawings. In this slidii'lgaction of the tube 79, .it is con trolled bya guide SCl'QW 80 and a slot Si provided in said tube, as seen best inFig. 1 of the drawings.

"The frame sections being new rigidly cured, it will be understood thatthey may be moved by manipulating the shaft having" frame 66, thecombined frames being deresume to be separated intermediate the endsthere oi; e commode-supporters frame, c0mprising s plurality of trackmembers mounted on, and extending transverse, said fixed firs-me; atruck, having roiiers mounted on said truck members and supporting oneend of said frame; it plurality of legs supporting the opposite ends ofsaid frame; an extensionmechsnism haying pivotally connected linkmembers, one definitely mounted upon the supporting frame and the othermounted upon said truck frameand a crank extensihie beyond the side 0:the bed and rigidly connected to one of said link members evying thesame about the center of sum erenk yvhen said crank is rotated to movesa-id-supporting frame lengthwise said bed,

frsiiie sections inextended relation; and spiurshtyof coverings :torsaid iruine, the

combined coverings equaling the extreme frame sections in extendedrelation; a 111 rajity of coverings for said frame, the co1nbinedcoverings equaiing'the extreme length of said frame; menus uniting saidframe sections when alined'fto form. "a unit supportinn frame; andelevating means operatively connected with'suid frame sections toindependently eievete the same.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM CLARK FEELY.

Witnesses;

E. F. MURoooK, J 0m; P. DAVIS.-

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